Iran slams US Supreme Court ruling as money theft

Iran has strongly condemned a
ruling by the US Supreme Court granting some two billion dollars in
frozen Iranian assets to the families of victims of a 1983 bombing in
Beirut, saying it violates international law.
The US
Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that almost $2bn in frozen Iranian
assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the
1983 bombing of a US Marine Corps barracks in the Lebanese capital of
Beirut and other attacks blamed on Iran.
The assets belong to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), which has been blocked under US sanctions.

“The
ruling has mocked [international] law,” Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Thursday, adding, It “amounts to
appropriation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s property” in the US.

Jaberi Ansari noted that the US government should compensate for any damages inflicted on Iran as a result of the ruling.
He further warned that such moves increase the distrust between Tehran and Washington.
In
2012, the US Congress passed a law that specifically directed the
US-based Citibank to turn over the Iranian assets to families of victims
of the Beirut bombing.
Iran argues that Congress is intruding
into the business of federal courts over the case. Tehran has long
rejected allegations of involvement in the 1983 Beirut bombing.

Darifu8 minutes ago

How
much is the US paying Libya and Ghadafi's family for the bombing of
Libya? How much Israeli Assets will be frozen for the Children, Women
and the aged palestinians who are been murdered? US is a gangster state